The consequences of misdiagnosis of epilepsy are often unpredictable and can even affect a person’s life. As a parent or a patient, if you suspect that you have the disease, you should not buy certain medications on your own or from hearsay, but go to a hospital, preferably a neurologist or epilepsy specialist, to get a clear diagnosis. The dangers of misdiagnosis are as follows. (1) Overdiagnosis The danger of overdiagnosis is evident when the diagnosis is made arbitrarily based on incomplete information or when the patient and/or family members subjectively believe that the patient has epilepsy. This has happened clinically: parents repeatedly go to the hospital when they think their child has epilepsy, and then turn to another hospital when the doctor denies that he or she has epilepsy, often repeatedly going to various hospitals and undergoing various tests, even some invasive tests, which damage the patient’s physical and mental health. (2) Underdiagnosis Underdiagnosis means that the patient has been diagnosed with epilepsy, but the patient (or) family members do not know enough about epilepsy or do not make the diagnosis based on the established criteria, and the danger is that the patient does not receive treatment and the seizures are not effectively controlled or prone to accidents.